10  ^s“Then fear not, ^tO Jacob my servant, declares the Lord,

nor be dismayed, O Israel;

for behold, ^sI will save you from far away,

^uand your offspring from the land of their captivity.

^sJacob shall return and have quiet and ease,

and none shall make him afraid.

11  ^vFor I am with you to save you,

declares the Lord;

^vI will make a full end of all the nations

among whom I scattered you,

but of you I will not make a full end.

^vI will ^wdiscipline you in just measure,

and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

12  “For thus says the Lord:

^xYour hurt is incurable,

^yand your wound is grievous.

13  There is none to uphold your cause,

no medicine for your wound,

^zno healing for you.

14  ^aAll your lovers have forgotten you;

they care nothing for you;

for I have dealt you the blow of ^ban enemy,

the punishment ^cof a merciless foe,

because your guilt is great,

^dbecause your sins are flagrant.

15  ^xWhy do you cry out over your hurt?

^xYour pain is incurable.

Because your guilt is great,

^dbecause your sins are flagrant,

I have done these things to you.

16  ^eTherefore all who devour you shall be devoured,

and ^fall your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;

^gthose who plunder you shall be plundered,

^hand all who prey on you I will make a prey.

17  ⁱFor I will restore ^jhealth to you,

and ^kyour wounds I will heal,

declares the Lord,

because ^lthey have called you an outcast:

^l‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

23  ^wI know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,

that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.